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The Contentious Politics of Unemployment in Europe : Welfare States and Political Opportunities /

This book provides a novel approach to unemployment as a contested political field in Europe and examines the impact of welfare state regimes, conceived as political opportunity structures specific to this field, public debates and collective mobilizations in unemployment politics.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Giugni, Marco (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Subjects:
Social Sciences.
European Culture.
Political Science.
Political Sociology.
Politics of the Welfare State.
Sociology of Work.
Sociology, general.
Ethnology > Europe.
Industrial sociology.
Political science.
Political sociology.
Social sciences.
Sociology.
Welfare state.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This book provides a novel approach to unemployment as a contested political field in Europe and examines the impact of welfare state regimes, conceived as political opportunity structures specific to this field, public debates and collective mobilizations in unemployment politics.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XIV, 283 pages)
ISBN:9780230304208
DOI:10.1057/9780230304208